Magazine for typographical machines



T. S. HOMANS.

MAGAZINE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES.

APPLICATION `FILED MAH. 1918.

1 338 627 Patented Apr. 27,1920.

f INVENTOR 520m@ .7ozzzam Wwf-2%) ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS S. I-IOMANS, OF HEMPSTEADNEW Y'RK, ALS-SIGNOR TO INTERTYPECORPORA- TION, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A-GORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MAGAZINE FOR TYIGGRAPHIGAL MACHINES.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THoMAs S. I-IoMANs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hempstead, L. I., in the county of Nassau and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Magazines forTypographical Machines, of which the fol-l lowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in typographical machines,and more especially to those of'the class shown in Letters Patent No.436,532 granted September 16, 1890, to O. Mergenthaler.

In machines of this class, one or more magazines are mounted on themachine for storing and holding the matrices to be used, such magazineor magazines being remov able and thus exchangeable for other .1nagazines to enable changes to be made in the style or size of type to beproduced. Heretofore, the magazines have all been made of a lengthsufficient to store enough matrices of any one character to meet thedemands of rapid operators engaged in regular composition work, inconsequence of which the operations of removing and replacing suchmagazines, which are comparatively heavy and cumbersome for manualhandling, have been diiiicult. f

The primaryobject of the present invention is to facilitate the changingof matrices to enable the production of type of different sizes andstyles. This object is accomplished by providing a novel andimprovedmagazine construction wherein the magazine is divided to form upper vandlower sec tions, the upper section being adapted to re'A main onthemachine in operative relation with the distributing mechanism4 whilethe lower section, whichcontains the matrices, is removable andexchangeable for another similar magazine section containing the desiredfont of matrices, the lower section of the magazine thus serving for thestorage of the matrices while the upper section, which does not requireremoval and may remain vin position on the machine, serves as a guidefor conducting and directing the matrices from the distributingmechanism to the lower matrix storing section of the magazine. While thematrix storage capacity of the magazine willl be reduced by dividing themagazine in the manner described, yet its capacity will be suicient forcertain requirements which call for small quantities of Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application led May 7, 1918.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Serial No. 233,052.

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To thesev andfother ends, the invention 'consists in certainimprovements, and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will behereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed outparticularly in the claims at the end of the specication.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of a divided magazine constructed inaccordance with the present invention, the same being shown mounted onthe machine.

IF ig. 2 is a perspective view of the lower or .matrix storage sectionof the magazine removed from the machine.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view similar to Fig. l. showing the uppermagazine section in position yon the machine, the lower matrix storagesection of the magazine being removed.

Fig. 4 shows, in side elevation, the divided magazine mounted on themagazine carrying frame or cradle.

Fig. 5 shows a portion of the magazine viewed from the side,illustrating one of the connections between the sections, whereby onemagazine section holds the other magazine section in position on themachine.

Similar' parts are designated by the same reference characters in theseveral views.

Preferably, and as shown in the present instance, the magazine comprisesa lower matrix lstoring section A and an upper section A2. Thesesections ofthe magazine are complemental and they are preferably of theVsame general construction as the usual full -length magazines commonlyemployed in machines of this class, the top and bottom plates of eachsection being grooved to form channels which guide the matrices Whilethey gravtate from the upper toward the lower end of the magazine. Thelower section A is provided with escapements which control the deliveryof the matrices to the assembling mechanism in the usual way, and theupper end of the upper section A2 is adapted to register with andreceive matrices from the distributing mechanism in the same way thatthe usual full length magazines receive the matrices. It will beunderstood that, when the upper and lower sections of the dividedmagazine are in position on the machine, the meeting ends of thesections will be so placed that the matrix guiding channels in onesection will register correctly with the matrix guiding channels in theother section.

The divided magazine may be mounted in different ways on the machine. Inthe present instance, the magazine is shown on a mounting which isadapted to accommodate va single magazine, this mounting being of thesame general construction as that shown and described in my priorPatent, No. 1,116,280, granted November 3, 1914. The mounting comprises,generally, a cradle or frame B which is pivotally supported in themachine on an axis b whereby the magazine on this cradle may be swunginto a forwardly and downwardly inclined position in which position itwill be operatively related to the assembling and distributingmechanisms, and, also, the magazine may be swung into a rearwardly anddownwardly inclined position, the latter position of the cradlefacilitating removal of the divided magazine as a whole as well asfacilitating application and removal of the usual full length magazines.The cradle is provided at each side with a stop B arranged to cooperatewith tlie respective side of the upper magazine section A2, therebyholding this upper magazine section in position on the cradle. The lowermagazine section A', which contains the matrices and which is removableindependently of the upper section A2, is, in the present instance,supported by the frame B, and it is held in proper longitudinal positionon the machine by the upper magazine section A2. Preferably, and asshown, the springs A4 which serve to connect the matrix retainingshutter A3 to the upper magazine section A2 serve to hold the lowermagazine section A in proper endwise relation to the upper magazinesection A2. The shutter A3 is similar tothe shutter shown in my priorpatent referred to and it serves to prevent spilling of the matricesfrom the upper end of the magazine when the latter is tilted to itsrearwardly and downwardly inclined position. This shutter is connectedto the upper magazine section A2 by the leaf springs A4, these springsbeing fixed at A7 to the rear of the upper magazine section A2, and thelower ends of these springs are provided with shoulders A5 which are solocated that, when the lower magazine section A is placed on the machinein proper relation to the upper magazine section A2, these shoulders A5will engage the forward edge of a cross-bar A6 which is secured to therear side of the removable magazine section A. By this construction, themagazine mounting or cradle B may interchangeably receive the usual orstandard full length magazines and also divided magazines constructed inaccordance with the present invention, the saine holding means for thefull length magazines serving to hold the upper magazine section A2 inposition, and the independently removable lower magazine section A inturn is registered with the upper magazine section by the frame B and itis held in proper endwise relation with the upper magazine section bythe springs or equivalent holding means carried by the upper magazinesection A2.

By dividing the magazine into upper and lower sections as hereinbeforedescribed, the lower matrix storage section of the magazine may, withease and facility, be removed and replaced by another corresponding secwtion while the upper section remains in place on the machine, thisoperation being easily performed from the front of the machine bygrasping the handles at the opposite sides of the lower magazinesection. Furthermore, any machine constructed to receive the usual orstandard full length magazines may also receive the divided magazinewithout requiring any change in the machine for the reasons that thesaine means on the machine which holds the usual full length magazinesalso holds the divided magazine in place, and the lower magazine sectionis held in proper endwise relation to the upper magazine section bymeans carried by or forming part of the upper magazine section. Ofcourse, the upper and lower magazine sections may both be removed andthe machine will .then be adapted to receive the usual or standard fulllength magazines.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a typographical machine, the combination with a magazinesupporting frame, of a magazine divided into upper and lower sections,means on the supporting frame for holding the upper magazine section inlongitudinal position, and means on the upper magazine section forholding the lower magazine section from longitudinal separationrelatively to the upper section.

2. In a typographical machine, a supporting frame having means forlocating a onepiece removable matrix magazine thereon, in combinationwith a magazine divided into upper and lower sections, the supportingframe having means thereon for holding the upper magazine section inproper longitudis nal position thereon, and means contained wholly onthe upper magazine section for holding the lower magazine section fromlongitudinal separation relatively to the upper section when the lowersection is placed in position relatively to the upper section.

3. ln a typographical machine, the combination with a magazinesupporting frame, of a matrix magazine comprising upper' and lowercomplemental sections adapted to it together end to end on said frameand to be registered vertically by said frame, and means carried by oneof said sections to cooperate with the other section and thereby holdthe magazine sections togetherin proper endwise relation and thusprevent longitudinal separation of the sections.

a. In a typographical machine, the combi-1 nation with a magazinesupporting frame of a matrix magazine comprising complemental sectionsadapted to rest on and to be thereby registered by said frame, saidmagazine sections being adapted to fit together in endwise relation, andmeans carried by the upper magazine section and detachably cooperativewith the lower section to hold the magazine sections together andagainst endwise separation independently of the magazine supportingframe.

5. In a typographical machine having a mounting to removably receivemagazines and means thereon to hold such magazines in operativeposition, a magazine divided to form upper and lower sections7 the uppersection being adapted to coperate with said holding means whereby theupper section is held in position on the mounting, and said uppersection carrying longitudinal extensions to coperate with the lowersection, when the latter is placed in position, and thereby hold thelatter from endwise separation relatively to the upper section.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

THOMAS S. HOMANS. Witnesses W. S. SGUDDER, ARTHUR F. J. WHEATLEY.

